Chapter 1211: It's Too late to repent
"Okay." Empress Dowager Xiao promised on her lips, but in fact, she didn't think so in her heart. She rolled her eyes, but the words that were almost on her lips were still unspoken.
Returning to the imperial study, Lin Yixuan's footsteps were unusually slow, and he paced back and forth, restless.
Ever since he knew that Luo Qingluan had come to Southern Wei, he had been thinking about her. Even if it's just to meet her, or to look at her from afar. However, he did not have this opportunity after all.
She still hasn't forgiven herself, has she?
Why else did he send a letter instead of seeing him in person?
At the end of the day, I still don't want to forgive myself. Indeed, the harm he gave her at the beginning was too great, and he no longer had the luxury of asking Luo Qingluan to forgive him.
His eyes touched the inkstone on the table, the pen and ink, Lin Yixuan seemed to have received some kind of guidance, and actually walked over and picked up the pen. After dipping the black ink, Lin Yixuan carefully put the tip of the pen against the white paper, and with a slight stroke, an ink mark appeared.
He didn't know what he wanted to paint, he just wanted to paint.
The words are slightly rough, and the handwriting dries quickly. Lin Yixuan raised another stroke and carefully outlined an outline. He lifted the tip of his pen slightly, turned a corner, and galloped down. The fragrance of ink shrouded his nose, and Lin Yixuan unconsciously sniffed a few breaths, but he didn't dislike this smell at all.
He drooped his eyelids and squinted at the paper, but the movement of his hands did not stop for a moment. Pick up the pen and fall. After repeating this, about a pillar of incense, Lin Yixuan finally put down the pen in his hand. He wiped his hands, and his palms were already sweating slightly.
When he saw the painting he had made, he froze in place and couldn't move for a long time.
Isn't this lifelike person on the painting Luo Qingluan that he has missed for a long time?
Why, I actually sketched her appearance intentionally or unintentionally? Lin Yixuan spread out the painting and admired it carefully. Although I can't see a real person, looking at this painting, it seems that Luo Qingluan is right in front of me.
"How can you forgive me......"
After speaking, Lin Yixuan shook his head painfully, and a weak smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. He is nothing, he can't give her anything, how can he ask for her forgiveness?
That day, Luo Qingluan's disappointed eyes kept looking at him, and he only felt that he was like being in an ice cellar! I thought that there was no contact with her life, but she had just contacted herself a few days ago, although only in the form of letters. But he was satisfied.
When his eyes touched those eyes, Lin Yixuan froze and fell into it again defenselessly, unable to extricate himself! It's like a quagmire, sinking to the end. The person in the painting seems to be conscious, and the corners of his lips are hooked up with a perfect arc, which is absolutely beautiful and amazing! In the splendor of this life, there is infinite uninhibited!
"Your Majesty." A shrill voice outside the door suddenly sounded, pulling Lin Yixuan's consciousness back to reality. "Come in."
The inner eunuch walked in, knelt on the ground respectfully, and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said ......."
"What did she say?"
She just came back, and she couldn't help it?
Lin Yixuan smiled, he probably guessed what the inner prison was going to say.
"The Queen Mother will personally hold a flower-viewing banquet in three days, and ask Her Majesty to participate." Blossom viewing feast? Heh, Lin Yixuan laughed awkwardly twice, just wanting to take the opportunity to choose a concubine for him.
"I don't want to go." He's going to be crazy about the ordnance now, so what's the leisure to do these things?
The inner eunuch looked embarrassed, on one side was the order of the Queen Mother, and on the other side was His Majesty...... He can't offend either side?
"But the Queen Mother wants you to be sure to participate......" The inner supervisor still wanted to persuade Lin Yixuan, but the more he talked about it, the quieter his voice became.
Lin Yixuan knew his difficulties, and he didn't embarrass him, so he said, "I know about this matter." "You have to think of a practical way not to go to the flower viewing feast. But what excuse did he have?
He turned his head and saw the portrait of Luo Qingluan on the table, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes. Without thinking much about it, Lin Yixuan picked up the pen and drew Luo Qingluan's men's appearance on the new paper again, and he relied on his imagination to paint.
In just a few strokes, another lifelike figure appeared on the paper, with a handsome face, and even the eyebrows and eyes were a little more heroic. Lin Yixuan was stunned unconsciously, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses.
The inner supervisor had apparently noticed it too, and he had lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at the painting, but he did catch a few glances out of curiosity. There are two portraits in total, and when he saw the woman's makeup, the inner prison was shocked.
Isn't this the princess of Chu? Why did Your Majesty ......
"Come here." Lin Yixuan said loudly.
The inner supervisor hurriedly walked over and listened to the instructions. "Go, take this painting, and arrange for someone to find someone similar to this painting." Lin Yixuan handed the painting in his hand to the inner supervisor, thinking that Luo Qingluan might appear in men's clothes, his mood suddenly improved. Isn't it, you're going to find her soon?
She has been in Southern Wei for so many days, and she has not been discovered yet, so she must have dressed up in disguise. It's no wonder that even he can't find any news about her.
The inner supervisor took the painting in a daze, although he was curious, but because of his identity, he didn't ask, "Yes!" ”
"Stand down." Lin Yixuan was in a good mood, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose slightly, and he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart when he thought that he was going to see Luo Qingluan soon.
The internal supervisor was about to retire, but Lin Yixuan stopped him again, "Hey, by the way, I announced to the outside world that I am seriously ill, bedridden, and I am looking for a doctor with a lot of money." "Didn't Empress Dowager Xiao force him to participate in the flower-viewing banquet? He did the opposite. I don't believe it, in the face of her "terminally ill" self, can she still force herself to fail?
Not to mention the flower viewing banquet, he can also take the opportunity to meet Luo Qingluan.
She's so kind, she won't watch herself die, right?
Serious illness? The internal supervisor glanced at Lin Yixuan puzzled, seeing that he was standing here well, his mental state was very good, where should a patient look like? But why did Your Majesty pretend to be sick? And tell the whole world......
Hey, no matter what, he's just a eunuch, but he doesn't have the right to know this. The inner eunuch frowned, retreated with a puzzled face, and immediately ordered the palace people to post notices.
Qingluan, will you come to see me? Just for the sake of the past, the meager friendship? Lin Yixuan lost his mind, in fact, he wasn't sure if Luo Qingluan would come to see him. He knew very well that he had no status in Luo Qingluan's mind.
But other than that, he really couldn't think of a better way to meet her.
What if she relented and came to this palace? Lin Yixuan didn't want to give up the slightest opportunity, because he knew that if he missed this opportunity, once Luo Qingluan returned to Xichu, he would never see him!
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On the other side, the Liu Mansion has been outflanked by officers and soldiers, and the Liu family, young and old, and the people up and down the mansion have all been arrested, without exception! And Luo Qingluan and Yong'an packed up their things and left through the back door long before the officers and soldiers arrived.
"Why arrest us!" Seeing this, Wang's eyes panicked, but she didn't want to be locked in a dark cage, she planned to pretend to be crazy and stupid, "Do you know, what are our identities?" This is Liu's Mansion, General Liu Xinghuai's mansion! Isn't it ...... for you to do this?"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the official headed, "Madam, this plaque is written on Liu Mansion, and it is indeed the word Liu Mansion, how could we catch it wrong!" ”
His Majesty personally ordered Liu Xinghuai's arrest! Including everyone in Liu's Mansion! These people are really bold! How dare you smuggle ordnance? Isn't that looking for death?
"Are you mistaken? My dad didn't do anything bad, why did he arrest us! Liu Shaojun's illness has been cured, his hands were clasped by people, and he couldn't get angry.
He is the eldest young master of the Liu Mansion! When did you get treated like this when you were a child? It's always been others who compliment him and flatter him! Now these people are actually doing something with him? And threatened to arrest him?
When the official heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "It's really your father's trouble!" "If it weren't for Liu Xinghuai's smuggling of ordnance, how could the relationship between Western Chu and Southern Wei be tense to this point?
"Impossible! Tell me, what did my dad do? Liu Shaojun tried to resist, but he was just recovering from a serious illness, and his body was still in a state of prostration, just barely able to walk.
"Be honest with me!" An officer and soldier couldn't stand it, anyway, Liu Fu was now charged with smuggling ordnance, and the officer and soldier were no longer afraid, so they stepped forward and kicked him, and Liu Shaojun's eyes went forward in the dark. Two officers and soldiers immediately pulled him up. Wang felt sorry for her son, she ran to Liu Shaojun and wanted to hold him, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers, "You let go of me!" ”
"Ahh Husband! "Liu Shaojun's wife was escorted out of the house, and when she happened to see this scene, she was immediately startled, she wanted to rush over but couldn't break free." You guys...... You guys! "She had no idea what was going on, she was fine yesterday, how could she be like this after one night?
"Take them all!"
Everyone in the Liu Mansion cursed, and some of the guards resisted but were suppressed by the officers and soldiers.
On a tree outside Liu's mansion, Luo Qingluan watched as if watching a play as if everyone was being taken away, and there was no glass under his eyes. She had already guessed this situation, although it was said that the Wang family was not bad to herself. But if she changes her identity and she doesn't cure Liu Shaojun's illness, Wang will definitely have a different face. So, everyone is polite to her, just because they are profitable?
"Princess, go back." Yongan lowered his voice and said respectfully. Now that the ordnance matter has been resolved, he can no longer let the princess stay in the Southern Wei Dynasty. Presumably, the Southern Wei Emperor must have sent someone to find him, right?
"Hmm." Luo Qingluan walked out from behind the tree, smiling all over his face.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yixuan actually made a move this time, she was just holding the attitude of giving it a try at that time, which really surprised her? It seems that he believes her words, so he will be so resolute.
Although the matter of ordnance has been resolved, Luo Qingluan still doesn't know what the code word was at that time, what went wrong?
Back at the Dark Night Hall branch, Luo Qingluan only felt light. The matter on her side has been solved, I don't know how Nalan Ye handled it on Xichu's side? But she trusts him, so she must have heard the news in the past two days, right?